Sea of Thieves

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  1. j133760
    Mar 22, 2018
    4
    This game reminds me of No Mans Sky. Its pretty shallow, overly simplistic, and the world feels empty. The game is a relentless sequence of rinse and repeat fetch quests, that are boring in every way and lack any real hook or reason to be doing it in the first place. Theres no gear, everything is cosmetic, this effectively means theres no progression or character growth, only arbitraryThis game reminds me of No Mans Sky. Its pretty shallow, overly simplistic, and the world feels empty. The game is a relentless sequence of rinse and repeat fetch quests, that are boring in every way and lack any real hook or reason to be doing it in the first place. Theres no gear, everything is cosmetic, this effectively means theres no progression or character growth, only arbitrary ranks with the games three factions. There are 3 types of quests, and thats it. Seriously. Go to an island and find treasure, find chickens, or go to an island and kill skeletons.

    The combat is inexcusably bad. Theres a single attack button for swords, which have a 3 hit combo. And thats it... For a game in 2018, I have no idea why Rare thought it was ok to do that. Combat is so bad, it shouldn't even be in the game. Skeletons have broken AI and are no challenge. All you have to do is stand on a rock and it breaks the AI and path finding, and they will just stand there while you mash at them.

    The game gets boring real quick once you figure out youve seen and done everything the game has to offer after the first hour of gameplay. After you learn the mechanics, theres nothing left but the grind. And my oh my is it a grind, the stuff of legend. Since theres no gear, no levels, no equipment or gadgets, no progression, not even a story line or a plot, theres not much this game has to offer.

    A terrible disappointment, through and through. If your set on getting this, DONT BUY IT for $60, thats a total rip off. Get Game Pass by Microsoft, you can play it for 14 days for free (trial.) Overall, the state the game is in is completely inexcusable for a AAA release in 2018, most of the games systems are so archaic its a joke.    … Expand
  2. MrAngryEyz
    Mar 23, 2018
    4
    I really wanted to love Sea of Thieves. The concept of getting together with 3 of my friends (who I convinced to try this game) and plundering the high seas sounded exhilarating. The first half hour of the game we were blown away by the environment, the sailing mechanics, and loved the minimalist UI and tutorial.

    Unfortunately a few hours in we started to notice the same thing    I really wanted to love Sea of Thieves. The concept of getting together with 3 of my friends (who I convinced to try this game) and plundering the high seas sounded exhilarating. The first half hour of the game we were blown away by the environment, the sailing mechanics, and loved the minimalist UI and tutorial.

    Unfortunately a few hours in we started to notice the same thing everyone else has. This game is shallow. After playing it for a little while it feels like someone built the engine, and put those side quests in that people tend to complain about in other games, but forgot to put the main game in. The primary game is fetch quests with a few random events tossed in.

    Sea of Thieves has the framework of a game that could be brilliant. I halfway believe maybe it will become that game in a year or so. If so I'd be more than happy to pay for it. But for now, i could not recommend anyone to buy this essentially early access game at full price.

    Side note: that water is beautiful. Rare should license out whatever tech they used to make that happen.    … Expand
  3. JustMeatyYT
    Mar 23, 2018
    4
    I was really, really excited for the release of Sea Of Thieves.
    Rare Ltd. the studio devoloping it was a legendary and I expected so much out of them. But then after playing the games for several days after launch, it has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
    The idea and concept is amazing, drift on the wide seven seas as you fight other pirates and collect the booty. But this game is not    I was really, really excited for the release of Sea Of Thieves.
    Rare Ltd. the studio devoloping it was a legendary and I expected so much out of them. But then after playing the games for several days after launch, it has left a bitter taste in my mouth.
    The idea and concept is amazing, drift on the wide seven seas as you fight other pirates and collect the booty.
    But this game is not that. This game is not at all what was promised. The game looks beautiful and you really come to admire the cartoonish yet amazing artstyle. Furthermore the music in the game is amazing and you'll be dancing to the tunes as you set out on your pirate adventures. But the flaws are there.
    Their is not progression you only have reputation and becoming a "pirate legend" to look forward to. I feel as the game should have been more mmo-esque. What I would have liked to see is a skill tree, not that would make things unfair but i their has to be some kind of objective. Voyage's get old fast and in the beggining they are a real joy, but quickly feel like a choir with voyage's repeating themselves constantly and to my experience, there are almost no other pirates at sea and it just feels like a PvE game only and not a hybrid ( PvP and PvE ).
    The game's asking price is unacceptable regarding the fact that you get so little descent content at launch, the game feels like it's in beta and I do not, at all reccomened buying it for 60 dollars, wait for the price to go down to maybe 15-25 dollars or just get it free for 14 days through xbox game pass!

    Hope you enjoyed my review, if you did you can go check out my youtube channel at JustMeaty ( the channel with Glitched M as its logo ), I don't upload reviews there but you can find other types of exciting content there! Farewell! :D    … Expand
  4. elvia_
    Mar 25, 2018
    4
    well made game engine, but nothing to do in game, same monster with different color, same quests over and over, only two events
  5. RUNaPUFF
    Mar 27, 2018
    4
    Such a beautiful game. The art is clearly very well-done.

    However, for $60 there is no real game. The only three missions you really get are so pathetically repetitive. You could play for a single hour and finish every single mission type possible.
  6. Vectorxchile
    Mar 28, 2018
    4
    sin contenido, 3 misiones, 1 tipo de enemigo, sin historia, sin sistema de progresion, 2 armas. Lo quite a las 4 horas, quizas en un año o dos años valga la pena si le meten contenido por ahora parece un early access
  7. MikkyDonald
    Mar 28, 2018
    4
    This is yet another $ 60 open-world piece of sh*t game with barely anything to do outside of killing the same skeletons on tiny-ass islands or fighting the occasional player online. This is yet another exclusive that fails to make the underpowered xbox one and its cousins fly off the shelves, and further proves that rare is a shadow of its former self.
  8. edgard1axl
    Apr 28, 2018
    4
    The game is all buggy, horrible graphics, game for child!
    Microsoft is time to invest more in large studios.
  9. jakethenub
    Apr 25, 2018
    4
    The game looks fine and enjoyable at first, but after a good 5-6 hours of playing it, the game feels like it has already given everything it can offer, which to me, isn't very fun and interesting.
  10. lostingaming
    May 28, 2018
    4
    Well... If they wanted the biggest disappointment award, they earned it for sure. The game itself gets boring after maybe 10-20 hours and since the game is full price, it's almost outrageously bad for the price. Even with friends, the game quickly becomes duller then a rusty knife and has to be one of my most hated games right now.
  11. ParagonMitchell
    Aug 15, 2018
    4
    Sea of Thieves is everything you would want from a pirate game. For the first few hours it is amazing! the cooperative play with my buddies was amazing! how ever it all ends after that first 3 hours of fun, Sea of Thieves fails to hit that 3 hours of fun again. It's as wide as an ocean, but has the depth of a puddle. There's no reason to turn my Xbox on and play this game, I feel like iSea of Thieves is everything you would want from a pirate game. For the first few hours it is amazing! the cooperative play with my buddies was amazing! how ever it all ends after that first 3 hours of fun, Sea of Thieves fails to hit that 3 hours of fun again. It's as wide as an ocean, but has the depth of a puddle. There's no reason to turn my Xbox on and play this game, I feel like i have seen everything this game has to offer, which is really upsetting because I wanted to love this game.… Expand
  12. BigTony
    Oct 25, 2018
    4
    I started playing Sea of Thieves when I all of my friends got the game and said that it was a fun game. I was welcomed by bright colors and a beautiful open world. What caught me off guard was the constant grind to get that new hat or that new coat you really wanted for your character. You had to complete several long, tedious missions just for a small bit of gold. Another problem withI started playing Sea of Thieves when I all of my friends got the game and said that it was a fun game. I was welcomed by bright colors and a beautiful open world. What caught me off guard was the constant grind to get that new hat or that new coat you really wanted for your character. You had to complete several long, tedious missions just for a small bit of gold. Another problem with this game is catering to single players who do not have friends to play it with. The missions you are tasked with are very difficult and you die often when you play alone. The final thing I will pick on is the very slow, dull sword fighting mechanics. This is definitely the most boring and tedious part of the entire game… Expand
  13. LucaCritics
    Mar 26, 2020
    4
    Sea of Thieves Review: 3.5/10
    I didn't like this game at all... graphics aren't good, gameplay is boring, almost free to play level, very tedious, uninteresting quests, very little content and there isn't any kind of character progression. I was interested at the beginning for the premise, but the excitement went away very fast.
    A very shallow game.
  14. Destruct_
    Mar 7, 2020
    4
    At the start the game is pretty fun but after 2-3 hours of gameplay the game gets boring
  15. LukaumSK8X2
    Mar 17, 2020
    4
    Vou encurtar pra dizer pq esse jogo é bosta
    1 ele não mostra o que fazer ou o que pode fazer, se quiser procure
    2 Não é só PvE o modo aventura, deveria pois tem a arena para PvP 3 Esse aqui é o que mata esse jogo de vez, se vc for desconectado perde tudo e reseta tudo, se vc estava numa jornada longa tipo Shroudbreaker e foi desconectado no meio da jornada vai ter que fazer tudo de novo    Vou encurtar pra dizer pq esse jogo é bosta
    1 ele não mostra o que fazer ou o que pode fazer, se quiser procure
    2 Não é só PvE o modo aventura, deveria pois tem a arena para PvP
    3 Esse aqui é o que mata esse jogo de vez, se vc for desconectado perde tudo e reseta tudo, se vc estava numa jornada longa tipo Shroudbreaker e foi desconectado no meio da jornada vai ter que fazer tudo de novo do zero
    4 Crossplay com PC terminou de estragar tudo, cheio de hack por falha de segurança
    Ñ COMPRE ESSE LIXO QUEM SABE ASSIM A RARE TOMA VERGONHA NESSA CARA E FAÇA UM JOGO QUE PRESTE    … Expand
  16. Marramiau
    Apr 10, 2020
    4
    No tiene absolutamente nada que me llame la atención.

    Menos mal que está en Gamepass y no lo he comprado... porque menudo aburrimiento.

    No destaca en absolutamente nada y lo triste es que es otro de los títulos que microsoft intenta colar como indispensable para su consola Xbox.
  17. Blibli
    Apr 17, 2020
    4
    Pvp only is way too frustrating for new players with basic stuff, the game is quite good and beautiful but to die again and again takes all of the fun out... I'm glad i played it with gamepass and didn't have to pay full price. A pve mode would allow more players to enjoy the game especially when a pvp mode already exists.
  18. DefaltWorld
    Jun 19, 2020
    4
    Puede que mi mala nota se vea afectada, ya que soy insider, pero el juego tiene algo que no me llega a llamar, el apartado grafico sorprende ( me refiero al mar del juego que las fisicas son alucinantes) pero para este juego necesitas amigos si o si pero a mi al menos me aburre con el tiempo
  19. judd_
    Mar 21, 2022
    4
    honestly a surprisingly mediocre game that I only got because my cousin wanted me to play it and it was free on the game pass, the missions are rather repetitive and the combat boring and limited leaving little room for the imagination perhaps there is something I am missing but at the moment I barely enjoy the game with people let alone by myself.
  20. Razv
    Mar 29, 2018
    3
    Another shallow game from MS. I didn't expect much from Rare given their recent repertoire, but still, this game received so much attention that it gave me a tiny bit of hope. Nope. This game is fun for the first few hours, while you look around, laugh with friends, and do the activities at hand. After about 3-4 hours however, you've pretty much seen all you need to see in the game. SoAnother shallow game from MS. I didn't expect much from Rare given their recent repertoire, but still, this game received so much attention that it gave me a tiny bit of hope. Nope. This game is fun for the first few hours, while you look around, laugh with friends, and do the activities at hand. After about 3-4 hours however, you've pretty much seen all you need to see in the game. So from that point on, everything is a repetitive and boring grind to expand your arsenal of cosmetic upgrades.… Expand
  21. Sm0othM0ve
    Mar 24, 2018
    3
    This game was only good for a couple of hours. The combat is bad, there's not much to do, you do the same quests over and over for no reason. You get some good laughs but this game is as shallow as a puddle.
  22. Krankstar2K
    Mar 22, 2018
    3
    Sea Of Thieves feels like Rare came in with a water physic tech demo and then added a simple item fetch quest system and called this a complete game. Calling this a Rare title feels horrible as I love classic Rare.. anything from Kameo and back to DK Country.

    Simply put this game has a great sailing system, bare bones mechanics both in fighting, PVE, PVP, and customization. Take a look    Sea Of Thieves feels like Rare came in with a water physic tech demo and then added a simple item fetch quest system and called this a complete game. Calling this a Rare title feels horrible as I love classic Rare.. anything from Kameo and back to DK Country.

    Simply put this game has a great sailing system, bare bones mechanics both in fighting, PVE, PVP, and customization. Take a look at the announce trailer 2 yrs ago and tell me if you see anything new or changed.. and should I even say things were removed such as ability to open a chest.

    Pros:
    - Beautiful Water Physics
    - Concept
    - Art style
    - Team Gameplay regarding ship controls and ship combat.

    CONS:
    - Quest System ( 3 Types of quests which are pretty much the same thing..just a new asset is used as the collect this and return concept.
    - Cosmetics ( Rare has literally only done cosmetics for the last like 15 yrs on the marketplace.. a couple small Kinect games don't count) .. why so few and why so generic?
    - No progression past a Rep system that is to this point completely meaningless past cosmetic unlocks.
    - No Leveling system
    - No Penalties for anything ( If grinding for cosmetic gold currency is boring .. all there is left is PVP.. problem is no bounties or anything to make one Pirate more fierce or a price on a head or anything to make people care.. the only thing to do is do everything you can in about 1 hour.. then just ruin the time of others without any thought on should or does it matter)
    - World has nothing to do.. no interaction with anything.. exploring feels pointless.
    - So few enemies and can we talk about how the animations (Snakes) are so freaking awful.
    - No Story, No nothing really..just a good team sailing game with nice water and weather effects on water.
    - So much missing.. only two types of boat.. No Canoes, No Harpoons, No loot, No Traps, Nothing interesting to collect.
    - Weapon Combat is bad, feels like what you see produced in college game design classes. Nothing slashing a horribly animated snake just to see if fall and disappear.

    My overall opinion is this game was created by a totally changed and corporate Rare.. Microsoft knew this game had no features and didn't care.. they used this as a big name title with lots of hype to convince people to NOT PAY 60 BUCKS AND INSTEAD SUBSCRIBE TO XBOX GAMEPASS which is honestly whats going on seeing they actually had ads up saying play for FREE.. 14 day trial and only 10 bucks/month. They want people to pay 10 bucks a month that way they are slowing paying into a Early Access game that isn't called Early Access !    … Expand
  23. ultraviper
    Mar 20, 2018
    3
    only 2 ships in a game based on sailing ships. only 3 mission types and they're all very similar: find treasure on a specific island and return it, find specific types of pig or chicken on any island and return them, or find skeleton pirate leader on specific island and kill him, then return his skull. pvp is only fun for griefers as there is no reward for doing it. there is no progressiononly 2 ships in a game based on sailing ships. only 3 mission types and they're all very similar: find treasure on a specific island and return it, find specific types of pig or chicken on any island and return them, or find skeleton pirate leader on specific island and kill him, then return his skull. pvp is only fun for griefers as there is no reward for doing it. there is no progression of any kind, only cosmetic "upgrades." very frustrating to play solo: if you're steering, you can't do anything else on your ship like changing speed or checking the map. if you let go of the steering wheel to do those things, the ship goes off course.… Expand
  24. Steyraus
    Oct 10, 2019
    3
    I got onto this game with a couple of guys from work, we all had game pass so we got it for free, and frankly , free to to much investment in this game.
    It is just boring, you do the same thing over and over, get a map find the thing , bring the thing back for reward. Which might be OK is doing that stuff was fun and the Reward actually netted you something cool, but it only get you new    I got onto this game with a couple of guys from work, we all had game pass so we got it for free, and frankly , free to to much investment in this game.
    It is just boring, you do the same thing over and over, get a map find the thing , bring the thing back for reward. Which might be OK is doing that stuff was fun and the Reward actually netted you something cool, but it only get you new cosmetics, there is no beter weapons or armor , just different looking stuff..And I dont know what is wrong the the men in charge of making this game, but in my Pirate fantasy the woman are attractive swashbuckling heart breakers, not the repulsive swamp creatures found in this game.. I mean really why are they so repulsive,..    … Expand
  25. Zukku
    Sep 5, 2018
    3
    The game is buggy at best. But the real crime is that this game cost just as much as other big AAA titles. Take The Witcher 3 - A game with 100+ hours of content, with great voice acting and i could go one. Then there is Sea of Thieves. With not much to do at all. Sure, you will have fun during the first 10 hours. Then you see the cracks. The same missions over and over. Fetch this. KillThe game is buggy at best. But the real crime is that this game cost just as much as other big AAA titles. Take The Witcher 3 - A game with 100+ hours of content, with great voice acting and i could go one. Then there is Sea of Thieves. With not much to do at all. Sure, you will have fun during the first 10 hours. Then you see the cracks. The same missions over and over. Fetch this. Kill this. Over and over.
    Drop the price at least to half - Then you will have a quite good game. No way near worth the asking price!! It's a gloryfied demo. Do not listen to the scores from "Official Xbox Magazine" - It's a microsoft game. No doubt they will rate it high no matter what.    … Expand
  26. SasukeFuumetsu
    Mar 20, 2018
    3
    Eu não recomendo. Eu joguei o jogo cerca de 20 horas ao todo, e você tem a sensação de que já viu de tudo em apenas 20 horas, é sério, você nem se empolga ou encontra novas coisas para se divertir. Tenho que parabenizar a equipe pela otimização e visuais, pois o jogo é muito bonito e leve. É preciso ter amigos para jogar este jogo, o jogo NÃO funciona sem amigos, e isso também é uma pena,Eu não recomendo. Eu joguei o jogo cerca de 20 horas ao todo, e você tem a sensação de que já viu de tudo em apenas 20 horas, é sério, você nem se empolga ou encontra novas coisas para se divertir. Tenho que parabenizar a equipe pela otimização e visuais, pois o jogo é muito bonito e leve. É preciso ter amigos para jogar este jogo, o jogo NÃO funciona sem amigos, e isso também é uma pena, eu sei que a proposta do jogo é essa (de jogar com amigos), mas isso me incomodou bastante, além de depender que seus amigos estejam online, você não pode ter nenhum erro de rede no momento. Ficou sem internet? Vai jogar xadrez.… Expand
  27. sgy0003
    Mar 25, 2018
    3
    You know how PS4 got screwed by No Man's Sky? Well, you could say this is No Man's Sky of XB1.
    So much essential contents are missing, like No Man's Sky.
    The quests are boring and repetitive, like No Man's Sky The Current "endgame" current is boring, like No Man's Sky The Customization for your ship and your character is limited, like No Man's Sky. I also feel the fact that Rare    You know how PS4 got screwed by No Man's Sky? Well, you could say this is No Man's Sky of XB1.
    So much essential contents are missing, like No Man's Sky.
    The quests are boring and repetitive, like No Man's Sky
    The Current "endgame" current is boring, like No Man's Sky
    The Customization for your ship and your character is limited, like No Man's Sky.

    I also feel the fact that Rare decided to make this game multiplayer-heavy was a stupid decision. Not everyone has time to sit down with their buddies or would prefer to play by themselves. Why not give the option to hire some AI crews for your ship? The game's only saving grace is its art-like graphics. The sea can look amazing from time to time.

    Until Rare release post-launch content in regular intervals, I would stick with AC4: Black Flag if I wanted to play a pirate game    … Expand
  28. peteraff1
    Mar 21, 2018
    3
    I played this game with a friend yesterday on PC for hours. The premise is cool, but Sea of Thieves is a joke right now. There isn't as much content, there's about 7 or 8 hours I think, and the game gets so repetitive, at least it was for us. When you think that this game was announced in 2015 and was only released now ... it has several betas and game 'yet' lacks of content ... it's justI played this game with a friend yesterday on PC for hours. The premise is cool, but Sea of Thieves is a joke right now. There isn't as much content, there's about 7 or 8 hours I think, and the game gets so repetitive, at least it was for us. When you think that this game was announced in 2015 and was only released now ... it has several betas and game 'yet' lacks of content ... it's just another joke in this industry. Another game that will take years and years to receive new content.… Expand
  29. emett
    Mar 20, 2018
    3
    I was really excited about this but damn it is shallow as a thimble., Lucky I got it on a free trail, asking $100 for this is ridiculous
  30. neropx
    Mar 20, 2018
    3
    If this game was a movie it would be a straight to DVD type of movie. Makes sense why it went straight to gamepass I guess. This game is easily forgettable and pretty repetitive. Feeling repetitive after 2 hours is not a good sign. I also don't like the art style or the clunky gameplay mechanics. Nothing AAA about this, and could easily pass as a free-to-play title.
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 71 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 71
  2. Mixed: 48 out of 71
  3. Negative: 2 out of 71
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 6, 2018
    75
    Sea of Thieves provides all the necessary tools to the players willing to dive together in great naval adventures, full of smaller quests and epic sea battles.
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  2. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    May 1, 2018
    80
    An amazing world full of promise, but currently rather empty. More updates will be key. [May 2018, p.74]
  3. games(TM)
    Apr 20, 2018
    70
    We have nothing but respect for Rare's vision with Sea of Thieves, but it is a game as likely to chew you up and spit you out, as it is to embrace you. If the wind is in your favour then it can be a delight, but a storm is never far off if you lose momentum. The real test of the quality and efficacy of Rare's plan will be in how it manages to evolve and grow in the weeks and months to come. [Issue#199, p.67]
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